SABBATH-SCHOOL
Lesson Quarterly
Mountain View, Cal., October, 1910
[Entered
as second-class matter October 13. 1904, at the Post-office in
Mountain View, Cal., under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879]
No. 62
5 cents
Lessons on the
Life 'of Christ
For Senior Division
Fourth Quarter, 1910
October to December
Published by
Pacific Press Publishing Association
Mountain View, California
Tabular Harmony of Events in the life of Christ Covered in This Quarter's Lessons
The Chronological Order of Events and Scriptural Harmony is from "Christ in the Gospels " by James P. Cadman
IN JERUSALEM AND VICINITY, AND GALILEE
EVENTS
MATT.
MARK
LUKE
Joni
,
:
ACTS
1 COR.
The Agony in Gethsemane
26:36-46.
.14:32-42.
.22:39-46
18:1
Jesus Betrayed and Made Prisoner
.26:47-56.
.14:43-52.
.22:47-54
.18:2-12
Jesus before Annas the Ex-High Priest
.18:13, 14, 19-24.
Peter's
Denials
.26:58,
69-75.
..14:54, 66-72.
.22:54-62
.18:15-18, 25-27.
Christ before Caiaphas and Council at Night ..
.
.26:57,
59-68.
. .14 :53, 55-65.
.22:54, 63-65..
Jesus before Caiaphas and Council in the Morning
.27:1
15:1
22:66-71
The Sanhedrin Lead Jesus to Pilate
.27:2
.15:1
23:1
.18:28
Judas Hangs Himself
.27:3-10
1:18
19
Our Lord before Pilate
.27:11-14.
..15:2-5
.23:2-5
.18:29-38
Jesus before Herod; Return to Pilate
.23:6-16
Pilate Scourges Jesus; Barabbas Released
.27:15-26..
.15:6-15
.23:17-25
18:39, 40; 19:1
Soldiers Mock Jesus
:27:27-30.
.15:16-19
.19:2, 3
Pilate Makes a Final Effort to Release Jesus
19:4-16
Jesus Led Forth to Be Crucified
.27:31:34.
..15:20-23....
.23:26-33
19:16, 17
THE CRUCIFIXION
.27:35-38.
..15 :24 28....
.23:33, 34, 38..
.19:18-24
Jesus Mocked upon the Cross; the Penitent Thief
.27:39-44....
. .15 :29-32 ....
.23:35-37,39-43
Jesus Commends Mother to John
.19:25-27
Noonday Darkness; the Death
27:45-50.....15:33-37....
.23:44-46
19.28-30
Various Portents; the Centurion; Women at Cross
.27:51-56....
. .15 :38-41....
.23:45, 47-49
Piercing of Our Lord's Side
.19:31-37
Taken from the Cross; Burial
27:57-61.
.15:42-47...
.23:50-56
19:38-42
The Sepulcher Sealed and Guarded
.27:62-66
The Women Buy Spices
.16:1
The Resurrection; Visit of the Women to Tomb .
.28:1-4
16:2-4
.24:1, 2
.20:1
Mary Magdalene Goes to Tell Peter and John
.20:2
Two Angels Appear to Women at Tomb
.28:5-8
16:5-8
.24:3-8
Peter and John Visit the Sepulcher
24:12
20:3-10
Angels and Jesus Appear to Mary Magdalene
16:9
.
.20:11-17
Women Tell Disciples of Angels; Jesus Appears ..
.28:9, 10
.16:10, 11.
.24:9-11
20:18
Iteport of the Watch
.28:11-15
Two Disciples Go to Emmaus; Jesus Appears
16:12, 13
24:13-35
15:5.
Appears to Disciples; Thomas Absent
16:14
24:36-43
20:19-25
15:5.
Appears to Disciples Again; Thomas with Them.
•
.20:26-29
At Sea of Galilee
28:16
.21:1-24
At Mountain of Galilee
.28:16-20.
.16:15-18.
.15:6.
Seen of James and Apostles
1R•10 on
.15:7.
94.44.53
1:3.
Sabbath-School Lessons on the
LIFE OF CHRIST
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THESE lessons conclude the series on the life of Christ. The
closing days of the life of our Lord upon earth are of special
interest. Every word is pregnant with meaning. The lessons are
worthy of earnest, prayerful study. Let the scenes described,, the
pictures drawn, stand before us in all their vivid reality. Let
us forget ourselves for the time, and in our imagination, guided
by the Spirit of God, dwell in Judea and see the chief Actor in
His closing work on earth for the children of men — from the
dark hours of Gethsemane to His death upon the cross and His
ascension to the Father — and then let the soul appreciate the
fact that all this was for us — for
me.
No parallel scriptures have been given, as the four Gospels have
been taken as the lesson scripture.
These lessons are sent forth to our Sabbath-schools with the
prayer that the life of the Master may be transmuted into the
lives of all our people.
LESSON I.— The Agony in Gethsemane
OCTOBER .1, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES: John 18:1; Matt. 26:36-46; Mark
14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46.
LESSON HELPS: "Spirit of Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 7;
"Desire of Ages," chapter 74;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACE: Gethsemane, on the side of the Mount of Olives.
PERSONS: Jesus; His disciples.
Questions
1.
After His prayer for His disciples, where did our
Lord lead them ? John 18 :1. Note 1,.
2.
When they reached the garden, what did He say
to the disciples ? Matt. 26 : 36.
3.
What did He admonish them to do? Luke 22 : 40.
4.
How far did He go from them? What did He
do ? Verse 41.
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5.
Whom did He take with Him ? What were His
emotions ? Matt. 26 : 37 ; Mark 14 : 33.
6.
What did He say to them? What prayer did
He utter ? Matt. 26 : 38, 39. Note 2.
7.
How much power to answer prayer did He as-
cribe to His Father ? Mark 14 : 36. Note
-
3.
•
8. What did He find on returning to His disciples?
What did He say to Peter? Matt. 26 : 40. Note 4.
9.
What admonition did He repeat to the disciples?
How did He seek to excuse their weakness in sleeping
Verse 41.
10.
What did He then do ? What was His prayer
at this time ? Verse 42.
11.
Who came to strengthen Him_? Luke 22 : 43.
Note 5.
12.
How is His great agony described Verse 44.
13.
Coming again to His disciples, in what condition
did He find them ? Matt. 26 : 43. Compare Luke
22 : 45.
14.
How is the heaviness of their sleep - described!
Mark 14 : 40.
15.
What did our Lord do the third time? What
prayer did He again utter ? Matt. 26 : 44.
16.
What did He say to the disciples when He came
to them the third time ? Mark 14 : 41. Note
.
6.
17, Whom did He say they were now to meet !
Verse 42.
Notes
1.
Over the dark Kidron passed David in sorrow and agony
in
his flight from Jerusalem a thousand years before; over the
Kidron to His awful agony for a lost world passed David's Son,
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the promised Seed. Gethsemane was an inclosure at the foot of
the Mount of Olives. Here our Lord was accustomed to go with
His disciples for prayer and instruction. Little did they realize
the meaning of this last journey across the historic brook.
2. "The sorrow that came upon Him was so overwhelming and
crushing that it pressed Him down to the earth, and penetrated
soul and body with insupportable anguish."—Daniel
March,
"Night Scenes of the Bible."
See Isa. 53:10, 12.
3: The humanity of our Lord shrank from the awful agony
before Him; not the
-
physical suffering alone; not the mocking, the
shame, the anguish; 'but from the awful sense of sin which hid
the Father's face, and weighed upon the Son of Man like the
agony of a lost soul. No wonder He prayed that if possible the
cup be removed. God did not condemn Him for that. He does
not condemn _us when we, in human weakness, pray for deliverance
from some awful trial. God pities and loves us still; for "He
knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust." He
loved not less His Son in dark Gethsemane than on the shining
Mount of Transfiguration.
.
4.
It was only a little while before this that Peter had avowed
himself ready to go with Jesus to prison or to death
-
; now he could
not watch with his Lord one short hour. Have we in our experi-
ence clone better7.
5.
The angel could not lessen the load, could not take the
burden upon the Saviour's heart, could not bear the cross, though
he would willingly have done so; but he brought strengthening
grace and cheer from the Throne. Even-so with us. For our own
good there may be burdens, heavy to bear,'laid upon us, that we
may draw• needed strength from the infinite Source.
6.
"The hour is come." The long delayed hour had come,
the crisis of the world, when divinity, compassed about with the
infirmities of humanity, met its supreme test. The Saviour had
anticipated the struggle before; He had talked of it with Moses
and Elijah; He had poured out His soul in prayer during entire
night seasons concerning it; now the reality had come.
"Yet a third time He left them to pray as before. And now
He returned victorious. After three assaults had the tempter left
Him in the wilderness; after the threefold conflict in the garden
he was vanquished. Christ came forth triumphant. No longer
did He bid His disciples watch. They might, nay, 'they should,
sleep and take rest, ere the near terrible events of His betrayal —
for, the hour had come when the Son of Man was to be betrayed
into the hands of sinners."—Edersheim's
"Life ,and Times of
Jesus," volume 2, page 541.
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LESSON II Jesus Betrayed and Arrested; Brought
before Annas
OCTOBER 8, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
John 18:2-14, 19-24; Matt. 26:47-56;
Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-54.
LESSON HELPS:
"Spirit
of Prophecy," volume 3, pages 105,
106; "Desire of Ages," chapter 75 (first part);
Sabbath School
Worker.
PLACES: Gethsemane; the house of Annas in Jerusalem.
PERSONS: Jesus; His disciples; the chief priest; the soldiers;
a multitude.
Questions
1.
While Jesus and His disciples were still in the
Garden of Gethsemane, who came to Him? Who were
with Judas? From whom had the multitude come?
Matt. 26: 47.
2.
What led Judas to seek Jesus in the garden?
John 18: 2.
3.
From whom did Judas obtain his soldiers?
Verse 3.
4.
What question did Jesus ask those who were.
seeking Him ? What was their reply ? Verses 4, 5.
5.
When Jesus said, "I am He," what occurred?
Verse 6. Note I.
6.
What further question did Jesus ask ? What did
the mob say ? What answer did Jesus make? Verses
7-9.
7.
What sign of betrayal had been arranged between
Judas and his band? Matt. 26: 48.
8.
As Judas kissed the Saviour, what gentle rebuke
did Jesus give him? Verses 49, 50; Luke 22 : 48.
Note 2.
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9.
What did the soldiers then do ? Matt. 26 : 50.
10.
What question did some of His disciples ask?
Before He gave answer, what did Peter do? Luke
22 : 49; John 18:10.
11.
How did our Lord heal the wound made by His
impetuous disciple? Luke 22 : 51. What rebuke did
He give to Peter? Matt. 26: 52; John 18: 11.
12.
Wliat assurance did He have of the Father's
care? Matt. 26 : 53, 54.
13.
How did He rebuke those who apprehended Him?
Verses 55, 56. What did Jesus say of that time?.
Luke 22: 53. Note 3.
14.
What did the soldiers then do? What did His
disciples do ? John 18: 12 ; Mark 14 : 50.
15.
What befell a young man who followed Jesus?
Mark 14: 51, 52. Note 4.
16.
Where did the soldiers take Jesus? What counsel
had Caiaphas given? John 18 : 12-14. Note 5.
17.
What question was asked Jesus? What was His
reply? Verses 19-21.
18.
What indignity
was
shown Jesus by one of the
officers? What was His response? Verses 22, 23.
19.
Where did Annas send Jesus? Who followed
Him? How? Verse 24; Luke 22: 54.
Notes
1. "As these words [" I am He"] were spoken, the angel who
had lately ministered to Jesus, moved between Him and the
mob. A divine light illuminated the Saviour's face, and a dove-like
form overshadowed Him. In the presence of this divine glory,
the murderous throng could not stand for a moment. They stag-
gered back. Priests, elders, soldiers, and eyea Judas, fell as dead
men to the ground.
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" The angel withdrew, and the light faded away. Jesus had
opportunity to escape, but He remained, calm and self-possessed.
As one glorified He stood in the midst of that hardened band, now
-
prostrate and helpless at His feet. The disciples looked on, silent
with wonder and
awe."—"Desire of Ages," chapter 74, page
694.
2.
In view of all that Judas bad witnessed of Christ's miracu-
lous power and ability to read hearts, it seems strange indeed that
he,should attempt thus to betray Him. His act shows the blind-
ing, hardening power of sin, and how false teachers will come up
to the very judgment bar of God and say, "Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in Thy name'? and in Thy name have cast out
devils' and in Thy name done many wonderful works'?" Yet
Christ had never known them. They were workers of iniquity.
Matt. 7:21-23.
3.
"This is your hour, and the power of darkness." Recall
Luke 4:13, A.R.V.: "When the devil had completed every temp-
tation, he departed from Him for a season." At that time Jesus
was in the hands of the prince of darkness to be tempted as only
the devil could tempt. Now in the close of His earthly ministry He
is again in the hands of the power of darkness. His time has
now come. Now He is " delivered up" to that awful period which
ends only with His death and resurrection.
4.
"A certain young man." The incident is related only by
Mark, whose mother lived in Jerusalem. Acts 12:12. It has
been conjectured that Mark was the "young man." "When the
soldiers had come to seek Jesus in the upper chamber of his home,
Mark, aroused from sleep, had hastily cast about him the loose
linen garment or wrapper that lay by his bedside, and followed
the armed band to see what would come of it. He now lingered
in the roar, and followed as they led away Jesus, never imagining
that they would attempt to lay bold on him, since he had not
been with the disciples nor yet in the garden. But they, perhaps
Jewish servants of the high priest, had noticed him. They at-
tempted to lay hold on him, when, disengaging himself from their
grasp, he left his upper garment in their hands, and fled.
"--
Edersheim's "Life and Times of Jesus," volume 2, page 545.
5.
They took Him to Annas, the ex-high priest, who had been
deposed by Valerius Gratus, and Joseph (Caiaphas), son-in-law to
Annas, appointed in his stead. The Jews seemed still to recognize
Annas as rightly holding the office.
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LESSON III.— Jesus Before Caiaphas and Sanhedrin
at Night; Peter's Denials
OCTOBER 15, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Mark 14:53-72; John 18:15-18, 25-27;
Matt. 26':57-75; Luke 22:54-65.
LESSON HELPS: "Spirit of Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 8
to page 123; "Desire of Ages," chapter 75 (last part);
Sabbath
School Worker.
PLACE: Jerusalem, before the Sanhedrin.
PERSONS: Our Lord; John; Peter; Caiaphas; the council;
witnesses; onlookers; guards; servants.
Questions
1.
From the house of Annas where was Jesus taken?
Who was at the house of Caiaphas? Mark 14 : 53.
Note 1.
2.
What disciple returned and followed Him ?
Verse 54.
3.
How did Peter obtain admittance into the high
priest's palace? John 18 : 15, 16. Note 2.
4.
What success did the council have in their exam'
ination of Jesus? What was the character of the tes-
timony borne by the witnesses? Mark 14: 55-59.
Note 3.
5.
What did Jesus do when questioned by Caiaphas?
Verses 60, 61.
6.
What did the high priest at last do ? Matt. 26 : 63.
Note 4.
7.
What reply did Jesus make when placed under
oath ? Mark 14 : 62. Note 5.
'
8.
How did the high priest manifest his horror at
this answer ? What course of actions did they decide
upon ? Verses 63, 64.
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9, To what shameful treatment was our. Lord sub-
jected? Verse 65. Note 6.
10.
Where were the servants and soldiers gathered
during the trial ? John 18 : 18.
11.
As. Peter stood with them, apparently indifferent,
what remark startled him? What was his reply ? Mark
14: 66-68.
12.
What warning had Jesus previously given him ?
John 13: 36-38.
13.
What followed Peter's first denial? Mark 14: 68.
14.
What further accusation did the maid make?
How did Peter meet it? Verses 69, 70.
15.
What did he do when accused the third time?
Verses 70, 71. Note 7.
16.
What followed his third denial? Luke 22 : 60.
17.
What recognition did Jesus give this denial?
What did Peter then remember ? How was Peter af-
fected?? Verses 61, 62; Mark 14: 72.
Notes
1.
From the haughty Annas Jesus is taken before the imperious
Caiaphas, a Sadducee, and the legal head, by permission of Rome,
of the Jewish Sanhedrin,
2.
Though Peter had forsaken Jesus and fled, he still loved
his Master. He must see Him, even to the end. .Matt. 26:58.
But he "followed Him afar off." The devil's most effective
temptations come to us when we are following "afar off." Let
there be no doubt where you stand; follow close to the Master,
and no one will ask, "Are you
.
this Man's disciple?"
3.
The Sanhedrin was the regular Jewish legal court, but with-
out the power to sentence to death. It was the death of Jesus,
however, which they hoped to compass. That they might discredit
Him before the Jews, they were determined to prove Him guilty
of death before the Sanhedrin. That they might have their sen-
tence executed, they desired to prove Him guilty of conspiracy
against the Roman government. "Oa that night of terror, when
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all the enmity of man and the power of hell were unchained,
even the falsehood of malevolence could not lay any crime to His
charge, nor yet any accusation be brought against Him other
than the misrepresentation of His symbolic Words. What tes-
timony to Him this solitary false and ill-according witness!
"—
Edersheint's "Life and Times of Jesus," volume 2, page 561.
4.
To their unjust charges and false testimony our Lord did
not reply. But when the high priest in judicial capacity em-
ployed the form of legal oath, Jesus responded.
5.
"In these words Christ presented the reverse of the scene
then taking place. He, the Lord of life and glory, would be
seated at God's right hand. He would be the judge of all the
earth, and from His decision there could be no appeal."—"Desire
of Ages," chapter 75, page 707.
6.
It was those who held Jesus in custody who maltreated Him
(See Luke 22:63), the Sanhedrin not forbidding. He was not
yet legally condemned. No sentence could be passed in the night.
The night trial was informal, and a just tribunal would have for-
bidden the abuse and maltreatment of a criminal. But the
Master bore it all silently, patiently—for us.
7.
How many times men have habits to which they think they
will never return. When Peter "followed Him afar off," he was
in the devil's domain; and it was an easy thing to become again
a rough, swearing man. We may see by this incident where grace
found him. God wants
,
by His abundant grace to do for others
all that He did for Peter.
LESSON IV.— Jesus before the Sanhedrin in the
Horning; before Pilate; Death of Judas
OCTOBER 22, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 27:1-14; John 18:28-38; Mark
15:1-5; Acts 1:18, 19; Luke 22:66 to 23:5.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapters 76, 77 (first
part) ; "Spirit of Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 8, pages 123-
126; also first part of chapter 9;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES:
Before the Sanhedrin; Pilate's Judgment-hall.
PERSONS: Our Lord; the chief priests; Judas; Pilate; the
multitude.
Questions
1. When the morning came, what did the chief
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priests and elders do ? Matt. 27 : 1; Luke 22 : 66.
Note 1.
2.
In their examination of Jesus what two ques-
tions did they ask Him? How did He reply? What
was the result of their examination? Luke 22 : 67-71.
3.
When Judas saw that the Sanhedrin had con-
demned Jesus, what did he do ? Matt. 27 : 3.
4.
What confession did he make? What was the
unfeeling reply of the priests? To what desperate deed
was Judas then driven ? Verses 4, 5. Note 2.
5.
What was done with the money ? What prophecy
was thus fulfilled? Verses 6-10.
FIRST TRIAL BEFORE PILATE
6.
After His condemnation by the Sanhedrin, where
was Jesus taken ? Why ? Matt. 27 : 1, 2 ; John 18 : 28.
Note 3.
7.
When they brought Jesus to Pilate, what ques-
tion did he ask them ? What reply did they make ?
John 18: 29, 30. Note 4.
8.
What cutting response did Pilate give ? What
humiliating admission were they compelled to make?
What words of Jesus were thus fulfilled? Verses 31, 32.
Note 5.
9.
Then what charges were made against Him? Luke
23 : 2.
10.
What did Pilate then do ? What question did he
ask Jesus? John 18: 33; Matt. 27: 11.
11.
What was Jesus' reply? John
.
18: 34.
12.
How did Pilate respond ? Verse 35.
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13.
What great truth did our Lord then impart to
him? Verse 36.
14.
What further question did Pilate ask ? What
did Jesus answer? Verse 37.
15.
How did Pilate attempt to escape the force of
the truth? Going out, what report did Pilate make
to the Jews? Verses 38, 39. Note 6.
16.
What did Jesus do when accused by the Sanhe-
drin ? Matt. 27 : 12.
17.
How did His silence affect Pilate ? Verses 13, 14.
18.
When Pilate told them the second time that he
found no fault in Jesus, how were the Jews affected?
What further charges did they make? Luke 23 : 5.
Notes
1.
This seems to have been a formal meeting of the San-
hedrin in the morning for the passing of the legal sentence, and
approving the acts of the night previous.
2.
The confession of Judas was in effect a clear charge against
the priests and elders of bribery. Thirty pieces of silver was the
price of a slave. Ex. 21:32.
3.
The Sanhedrin had condemned Jesus for blasphemy, but
they could not put Him to death. They now wanted the death
sentence passed by the Romans.
4.
"The question which he [Pilate] addressed to them seems
to have startled and disconcerted them. Their procedure had
been private; it was of the very essence of proceedings at Roman
law that they were in public. Again, the procedure before the
sanhedrists had been in the form of a criminal investigation,
while it was of the essence of Roman procedure to enter only on
definite accusations."—Edersheim's
"Life and Times of Jesus,"
volume 2, page 568.
5.
Pilate's reply was a reminder to the Jews that they were a
subject nation. It must have recalled to their minds the cause of
their condition; namely, sin. 'Yet they were condemning the One'
who came to save them. Jesus was to be lifted up, and die upon
the cross. This implied crucifixion, and the Romans now used
this mode of punishment. The Jews would have stoned Him to
death.
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6.
,
"Pilate at this time had no thought of condemning Jesus.
He knew that the Jews had accused Him through hatred and
prejudice. He knew what his duty was. Justice demanded that
Christ should be immediately released. But Pilate dreaded the ill
will of the people. Should he refuse to give Jesus into their
hands, a tumult would be raised, and this be feared to meet."
—"Desire of Ages," chapter 77, page 728.
LESSON V.—Jesus before Herod; Pilate Seeks to
Release Jesus
OCTOBER 29, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES: Luke 23 : 5-25 ; Matt. 27 :15-26 ; Mark
15:6-15; John 18:39 to 19:1.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 77; "Spirit of
Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 9;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES : Pilate's Judgment-hall; before Herod.
PERSONS: The same as in last lesson,-and Herod's court.
Questions
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY
1.
When the Jews in accusing Jesus mentioned
Galilee, what question did Pilate ask? Luke 23 : 5, 6.
2.
To whom did Pilate then send Jesus? Verse 7.
Note 1.
3.
How did this act affect Herod? For what had
Herod been desirous? Verse 8.
- 4. How did Herod question Jesus? How did Jesus
respond? What did the chief priests and scribes do ?
To what abuse was He subjected? Where was Jesus
next sent? Verses 9-11.
5. What resulted from the sending of Jesus from
Pilate to Herod? Verse 12. Note 2.
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AGAIN BEFORE THE ROMAN COURT
6.
What did Pilate do on the return of Jesus?
What did he say to the chief priests and rulers?
Verses 13-15. -Note 3.
7.
As a compromise what did he then agree to do?
'Verse 16.
8.
What had become a custom at the Passover feast?
Verse 17; Matt. 27: 15. •
9.
What further effort to release Jesus did Pilate
make? John 18 : 39. At that time, what notable pris-
oner of the Jews was held in Jerusalem? Matt. 27 : 16.
10.
What choice did Pilate now give the accusers
of Jesus? Verse 17. Note 4.
11.
What choice did they make ? What is said of
the character of Barabbas ? Luke 23: 18, 19.
12.
How was Pilate warned against the course that
the Jews urged? Matt. 27 : 19.
13.
What further effort did the Jewish leaders put
forth to secure the condemnation of Jesus? Verse 20.
14.
What further plea did Pilate make? How did
the mob reply ? Verse 21; John 18: 40.
15.
What question did Pilate ask? What did the
people say? Matt. 27: 22 ; Luke 23 : 21.
16.
What third plea did Pilate make in Jesus' be-
half ? What did the people continuously demand?
Luke 23 : 22, 23.
17.
How did Pilate then endeavor to escape the re-
sponsibility of his act? Matt. 27 : 24. Note 5.
18.
What awful responsibility did the people take
upon themselves? Verse 25. Note 6.
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19. What was Pilate's final decision regarding Jesus?
Luke 23: 24, 25; Matt. 27 :26.
Notes
1.
The Herod here mentioned was Herod Antipas, son of Herod
the Great, by Malthace, a Samaritan woman. He was own brother
to Archelaus. His tetrarchy extended over Galilee and Perea.
He was wholly unprincipled, and became worse after he slew
John the Baptist. He had come down to Jerusalem to attend
the Passover. Grotius declares that it was the custom of the
Romans to send a criminal to the ruler or judge of the district
where his crime had been committed, and Pilate seized upon this
practise as an easy way out of a troublesome duty.
2.
The enmity between Pilate and Herod may be explained
by reference to Luke 13:1. It is generally supposed that Pilate
had incurred the enmity of Herod by his jurisdiction in the slaying
of the Galileans. This he acknowledged by sending Jesus to
Herod, and Herod shows his reconciliation by sending Jesus back
to Pilate. This is neither the first nor the last time that the
agencies of evil have united to suppress or destroy the truth.
3.
This is the third time, twice by Pilate and once by Herod,
that Jesus has been pronounced guiltless. This position the Roman
governor should have steadfastly maintained. But Pilate was au
unprincipled time-server, willing to sacrifice principle to be popu-
lar. His next step was a compromise.
4.
Though one reads the story a hundred times, he longs each
time that Pilate-would prove true to his convictions and release
Jesus. But each time he fails, each time yields a little more of
truth and right, and entangles himself more securely in Satan's
web. What a lesson this ought to be to each one of us!
5.
" The Jews were accustomed to wash their hands when they
wished to show that they were innocent of a crime committed by
others. See Deut. 21:6; Ps. 26:6. Pilate, in doing this, meant
to denote that they were -guilty of His death, but that he was in-
nocent."—
Barnes's Notes.
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No Oat can lay the responsibility of his actions upon others.
Pilate could not wash his hands of the evil deed. He-himself
said-to Jesus, "I have power to crucify Thee, and I-have -power_
to release Thee."
6.
"Some thirty years later, and on that very spot, was judg-
ment, pronounced against some of the best in Jerusalem; and
among the 3,600 victims of the governor's fury, of whom not a
few were' scourged and crucified right over against the pretorium,
were- many of the noblest of the citizens of Jerusalem. A few
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years more, and hundreds of crosses bore Jewish mangled bodies
within sight of Jerusalem.
"—Edersheim's "Life and Times of
Jesus," volume 2, page 578.
LESSON VI.— Jesus Mocked by Soldiers; Pilate's Last
Effort to Release Him
NOVEMBER 5, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 27 :27-34 ; John 19:1-17; Mark
15 :16-23 ; Luke 23 :26-32.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 77; "Spirit of
Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 9;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES
:
Pilate's" Judgment-hall; on the way to Calvary:
PERSONS: Our Lord; Pilate; Roman soldiers-; priests and
people; Sinion of Cyrene; two criminals.
- Questions
1.
After Pilate gave sentence against Jesus, what
did the soldiers do? Matt. 27 : 27, 28. Note 1.
2.
What did they place upon _His head? What in
His hand? How did they mock Him? ' John 19 : 1-3;
Matt. 27 : 28-30.
3.
What effort did Pilate now put forth to release
Jesus? John 19 : 4.
4.
With what words did he appeal to the people in
behalf of the suffering Saviour? Verse 5. Note 2.
5.
What did the Jews reply? What did Pilate at
last do? While giving sentence against Him, what
testimony did he bear in His behalf? Verse 6.
6.
In what words did His murderers defend their
desire to crucify Him? Verse 7.
7.
How did their reference to the law affect Pilate?
What did he do ? Had Jesus any instruction for him?
Verses 8, 9.
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8.
When Jesus did not answer him, what statement
did Pilate make.? Verse 10.
9.
What did Jesus reply ? Verse 11.
10.
What argument did the Jews bring against the
further efforts of Pilate to release Jesus? Verse 12.
11.
Moved by fear, what did Pilate do ? What did
he say? What hour was it? Verses 13, 14. Note 3.
12.
What did the Jews reply? What question did
Pilate ask? By what statement did they acknowledge
their awful apostasy ? Verse 15. Note 4.
13.
After all their mockery of Jesus, what did they
now do ? Matt. 27 : 31; John 19 : 17. Note 5.
14.
Upon whom did they place the cross too heavy for
Jesus ? Matt. 27 : 32; Mark 15 : 21.
15.
Who followed Him on the way to the cross? What
did He say to them? Luke 23 : 27-31. Note 6.
•
16. Who were led with Him to be crucified? Verse 32.
17. On reaching Golgotha, what was given Him to
drink ? Matt. 27 : 33, 34. Note 7.
Notes
1.
"Into the common hall," or the pretorium, or governor's
/house. (See margin.) The whole band, or cohort, gathered to-
gether to mock Jesus. He had endured six trials; before Annas,
before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin at night, before the same body
in the morning, before Pilate, before Herod, and again before
Pilate. At last, to appease the mob, sentence is given against
Him. Yet after all this, Pilate puts forth one more effort to save
the Prisoner whom he feared, and knew was innocent.
2.
Once more Pilate seeks to release Jesus. Once more he de-
clares, "I find no fault in Him." Once more he halts, waits,
hesitates, falters, fails.
"'Behold the Man!'
It is probable that Pilate
pointed
to the Saviour, and his object evidently was to move them to com-
passion, and to convince them, by a sight of the Saviour Himself,
that He was innocent. . . . The conduct of Pilate was as if he
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had said, 'See! The Man whom you accuse is arrayed in a gor-
geous robe, as if a king. He has been scourged and mocked. All
this He has borne with patience. See! How calm and peaceful!
Behold His countenance! How mild! His body scourged, His
head pierced with thorns! Yet in all this He is meek and patient.
This is the Man that you accuse; and He is now brought forth,
that you may
see
that He is not guilty.'
"— Barnes's Notes on
John, 19.
3.
"Judgment-seat.
The tribunal or place of pronouncing
sentence. He came here to deliver Him, in due form of law, into
the hands of the Jews.
"Pavement.
This was an area or room of the judgment-hall
whose floor was made of small square stones of various colors.
This was common in palaces and houses of wealth and splendor.
"Gabbatha.
This word is not elsewhere used. It comes from
a word signifying to be
elevated.
The name given to the place
by the Hebrews was conferred from its being the place of the
tribunal;
as an
elevated
place."—
Barnes.
4.
Pilate had before this delivered Jesus to his soldiers to be .
crucified. Yet he makes one more attempt to move the Jews to
pity and release Jesus. But their heart is closed to pity, and
they even repudiate God's rulership over them. They had re-
jected God's Representative, and had demanded His death, and
said, "His blood be upon us and upon our children;" and finally,
as the climax of rebellion, they repudiated Jehovah their King,
by declaring, "We have no king but Cesar."
5.
"The name [Golgotha] can not have been derived from the
skulls which lay about, since such exposure would have been
unlawful, and hence must have been due to the skull-like shape and
appearance of the place. Accordingly, the name is commonly ex-
plained as the Greek form of the Aramnan
Gulgalta,
or the Hebrew
Gulgoleth,
Which means a
skull."—Edersheim's "Life and Times
of Jesus," volume 2, page
,
585.
6.
" 'For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall
be done in the dry,' By the green tree,
Jesus represented Him-
self, the innocent Redeemer. God suffered His wrath against trans-
gression to fall on His beloved Son. Jesus was to be crucified
for the sins of men. What suffering, then, would the sinner bear
who continued in sine All the impenitent and unbelieving would
know a sorrow and misery that language would fail to express."
—"Desire of Ages," chapter 78, page 743.
"For, if Israel had put such flame to its 'green tree,' how
terribly would the divine judgment burn among the dry wood of
an apostate and rebellious people, that had so delivered up its
divine King, and pronounced sentence upon itself by pronouncing
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it upon Him!
"—Edersheim's "Life and Times of Jesus," volume
8, page 588.
7. "It was a merciful Jewish practise to give to those led
to execution a draught of strong wine mixed with myrrh, so as
to deaden consciousness. This charitable office was performed at
the cost of, if not by, an association of women in Jerusalem.
That draught was offered to Jesus when He reached Golgotha.
But having tasted it, and ascertained its character and object;
He would not drink it. It was like His former refusal of the
pity of the 'daughters of Jerusalem.'
"—Edersheim's "Life and
Times of Jesus,' volume 2, pages 589, 590.
LESSON VII.— The Crucifixion; the Pentitent Thief
NOVEMBER 12, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 27:35-44; Luke 23:33-43; John
19:18-24; Mark 15:24-32.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 78; "Spirit of
Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 10;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACE: Calvary.
PERSONS : The same as in the last lesson.
Questions
1.
Who were crucified with Jesus? John 19 : 18.
2.
What prayer did Jesus offer for His enemies?
Luke 23:34.
3.
What did Pilate place upon the cross? What
was the inscription? In what languages was it written?
John 19: 19, 20. Note 1.
4.
What complaint did the Jews make when they
read the inscription? What was Pilate's reply?
Verses 21, 22.
5.
What did the soldiers do with the garments of
Jesus? What scripture was thus fulfilled? Verses
23, 24.
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6.
In what way did some mock? What challenge
did they make to Jesus? Matt. 27: 39, 40.
7.
What did the chief priests, scribes, and elders do?
What did they say? Verses 41, 42.
8.
What did some of the rulers and soldiers do?
Luke 23: 35-37.
9.
What did both the malefactors at first do? Matt.
27: 44.
10.
How did the manner and spirit of Jesus finally
affect one of them? Luke 23: 39-41. '
11.
What request did he make of Jesus? Luke
23: 42.
12.
What did Jesus reply? Verse 43.
13.
Where is Paradise? 2 Cor. 12: 2, 4; Rev., 22:
1, 2; 2:7.
14.
On the morning of the resurrection, what did
Jesus say to Mary? John 20: 17.
15.
When will Jesus come into His kingdom? Matt.
25:31.
16.
Who will then be remembered and be with Him?
Verse 34*.
17.
What then is the force of the word "to-day" in
His reply to the thief ? Note 2.
Notes
1. "The evangelists differ in the account of this title. Mark
(15:26) says it was The King of the Jews.' Luke (23:38),
'This is the King of the Jews.' John (19:19), 'Jesus of Nazareth,
the King of the Jews.' But the difficulty may be easily removed.
John says that the title was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
It is not at all improbable that the inscription
varied
in these
languages. One evangelist may have translated it from the
1
-
Tebrew, another from the Greek, a third from the Latin, and a
fourth may have translated one of the inscriptions a little dif-
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ferently from another. Besides, the evangelists all agree in the
main point of the inscription; viz., that He was the King of the
Jews."—
Barnes's Notes on Matthew 27.
2. "It is left for the reader to determine whether the words
`this day' should be joined (A) with the former part of the sen-
tence, or (13) with the latter. In favor of (A) may be urged (1)
the fact that
semeron,
'this day,' does not always stand first in
the clause to which it belongs (see Luke 2:11; 5:26; 22:34; Acts
20:26; 22:3; 24:21; 26:29); (2) that being essentially a demon-
strative word, it will bear any reasonable stress which may be
laid upon it, whether it be placed before or after the words which
it qualifies; (3) that it is far from meaningless if regarded as be-
longing to the opening words of asseveration (`Thou dost ask to
be remembered then; verily thou art assured now. As on this
the day of My weakness and shame, thou hast faith to ask, I this
day have authority to answer') ; (4) that the latter part of the
verse is thus left free to refer to the very matter of the suppli-
cant's request ("Thou dost ask to, be remembered when I come
in My kingdom: thou shalt be in
My
kingdom; shalt be with. Me
in the very Paradise of My kingdom, in the garden of the Lord
— Isa. 51:3 [Sept.,
paradeisos];
Eze. 36:35; compare Gen. 2:8
Sept.,
paradeisos];
Gen. 3:2 [Sept.,
paradeisos];
Rev. 2:7 —in
that most central and blessed part of the coming kingdom, of
which thou dost believe Me to be the destined king.'
"—Bother-
ham's Translation, note on Luke 23:43.
LESSON
Jesus on the Cross
NOVEMBER 19, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
John 19:25-37; Matt. 27:45-56; Mark
15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 79; "Spirit of
Prophecy," chapters 11, 12;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACE: Calvary.
PERSONS: Our Lord; John; the three Marys; the soldiers; the
onlookers.
Questions
1. What four women are mentioned as standing by
the cross? John 19 : 25.
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2.
To whose care did He commend His mother? In
what spirit did John receive this charge? Verses 26, 27.-
3.
What terrifying event occurred at the sixth hour ?
How long did the darkness continue? What was the
direct cause? Matt. 27 : 45; Luke 23 : 45. Note 1.
4.
From the midst of the darkness what despairing
cry was wrung from the heart of Jesus? Matt. 27 : 46.
Note 2.
5.
How did some of the people interpret this ago-
nizing cry? Verse 47.
6.
What did some, in an endeavor to. relieve Jesus'
thirst, offer Him? What did others say? John 39 : 28;
29; Matt. 27:48, 49.
7.
When Jesus received the vinegar, what did He
say ? What immediately followed ? John 19 : 30; Luke
23: 46. Note 3.
8.
What occurred as Jesus died? What event fol-
lowed on the day of the resurrection? Matt. 27 : 50-53.
Note 4.
9.
How did these wonderful events affect the Roman
centurion? Luke 23 : 47 ; Matt. 27 : 54.
10.
What effect did they have upon the multitude?
Luke 23 : 48.
11.
What women are especially mentioned as witnesses
of these things? Mark 15: 40, 41.
12.
As the Sabbath drew near, what request did the
Jews make? John 19 : 31.
13.
How was this request complied with? Verse 32.
When they came to Jesus, what did they find? Verse
33. Note 5.
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14.
What did one of the soldiers do ? What fol-
lowed? Verse 34.
15.
What testimony does John bear? Verse 35.
16.
What type here met its fulfilment in Jesus?
Verses 36, 37. See Ex. 12 : 46 ; Nurn. 9 : 12. See also
Ps. 22 : 16, 17 ; Zech. 12 : 10.
Notes
1. The sixth hour mentioned by John (chapter 19:14) seems
to be Roman time, or six o'clock in the morning. John wrote his
Gospel many years later than the other evangelists. The sixth
hour of Matthew was noon. The sun was darkened; nature was
convulsed at the death of her Author. The heavens were clad
in the garb of mourning, the darkness lasting from noon until
3
P.M.
It was not an eclipse of the sun, for a. total eclipse of
the sun can not last at any place above four minutes, while this
darkness lasted three hours. Hales's Chronology, volume 1, page
70, quotes from an old Roman document,.written by Aurelius Cas-
siodorius Senator, about
A.D.
514, as follows: "In the consulate
of Tiberius Ccesar Augustus V and /Elias Sejanus (u. C. 784,
A.D.
31), our Lord Jesus Christ suffered on the 8th of the Calends
of April (25th of March); when there happened such an eclipse
of the sun as was never seen before nor since."
Hales continues: "In this year, and in this day, agree also
the Council of Casarea,
A.D.
196, or 198; the Alexandrian Chron-
icle, Maximus Monadeus, Nieephorus Constantinus, Cedremus,"
and approved for this year though on a different date by Euse-
bius and Epiphanius, helper, Bucher, Petavius.
"This obscuration of the sun must have been preternatural, in
its extent, duration, and opposition of the moon, at full, to the
sun. It was observed at Heliopolis in Egypt, by Dionysius, the
areopagite, afterwards the illustrious convert of Paul at Athens,
Acts 17:34, who, in a letter to the martyr Polycarp, describes
his own and his companion, the sophist Apollophanes' astonishment
at the phenomenon, when they saw the darkness commence at the
eastern limb of the sun, and proceed to the western, till the whole
was eclipsed; and then regrade backwards, from the western to the
eastern, till his light was fully restored; which they attributed
to the miraculous passage of the moon across the sun's disk.
Apollophanes exclaimed, as if divining the cause, These, 0 good
Dionysius, are the vicissitudes of divine events! ' DionYsius an-
swered, 'Either the Deity suffers, or He sympathizes with the
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Sufferer!' And that Sufferer, according to tradition, record by
Michael Syncellus, of Jerusalem, he declared to be
'the unknown
God,
for whose sufferings all nature was darkened and con-
vulsed.'
"—Hales's Chronology, volume 3, page 230.
-
2. These words marked the close of a period of agony, the
climak of the Saviour's suffering. It was the sinner's Substi-
tute, made sin for us, suffering in our stead, overwhelmed with
the awful load of the world's iniquity. It seemed as though
God had forever shut Himself away from the divine Sufferer;
had forsaken Him in His last trial.
3. Our Lord's sayings upon the cross number seven, as fel-
lows: (1) "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they
do;," (2) "Verily, I say unto thee to-day, shalt thou be with Me
in Paradise;" (3) "Woman, behold thy son!" "Behold thy
mother!" (4) "My God, My God, why bast Thou forsaken Mel"
(5) "I thirst;" (6) "It is finished;" (7) "Father, into Thy
hands I commend My spirit."
•
4. When Jesus died, the graves were opened with the quaking
of the earth. But those in the graves did not then arise. It was
sin that had locked the graves of men; but Jesus died to save
men from sin.; hence the graves were opened. But the sleepers
did not come forth from the dead till Christ the first-fruits arose.
5. "Sometimes there was added to the punishment of cruci-
fixion that of breaking the bones by means of a club or hammer.
This would not itself bring death
;
but the breaking of the bones.
was always followed by
a coup de grace
[a finishing stroke], by
sword, lance, at stroke, which immediately put an end to what
remained of life. Thus the 'breaking of the. bones' was a sort of
increase of punishment, by way of compensation for its shortening
by the final stroke that followed."—Edersheim's
"T_Afe and
Times of Jesus," volume 2, page 613.
LESSON IX.—Burial and Resurrection of Jesus
NOVEMBER
26, 1910:
LESSON SCRIPTURES: Matt. 27:57 to 28:4; John 19:38 to
20:1; Mark 15:42 to 16:4; Luke 23:50 to 24:2.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapters 80, 81; "Spirit
of Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 13;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES: Calvary; Jerusalem.
PERSONS: Our Lord; disciples; Joseph of Arimathea; Nico-
demus; Pilate; the holy women; the angels.
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Questions
1.
After the death of Jesus who came forward to -
assist in His burial ? John 19 : 38.
2.
Who was Joseph? Luke 23 : 50; Matt. 27 : 57.
Note 1.
3.
When Joseph asked for the body of Jesus, con-
cerning what did Pilate marvel? Mark 15 : 44, 45.
4.
Who joined Joseph in preparing the Saviour 's
body for burial ? What did each furnish ? W hat did
they do with His body ? Verse 46 ; John. 19 : 39, 40.
Note 2.
5.
In what was the sepulcher hewn? How was it
closed ? Matt. 27 : 60.
6.
What indicates that these preparations were con-
sidered temporary? John 19 : 41, 42.
7.
What was the day called on which Jesus was
crucified? What day was drawing near? Luke 23:54.
8.
Who are mentioned as witnessing the burial of
Jesus? Matt. 27 : 61; Luke 23 : 55.
9.
What did the hatred of the Jews lead them to
do? Of what did they remind Pilate? Matt. 27: 62, 63.
10.
What did they request of the governor Verse 64.
11.
Hciw did Pilate reply?
,
Verse 65.
12.
What was done to make the tomb sure? Verse 66.
13.
What did the women who came with Jesus from
Galilee do just before the Sabbath? What did they do
on the Sabbath? According to what did they rest?
Luke 23 : 56.
14.
When the Sabbath was past what did the women
do ? Mark 16 : 1.
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15.
What occurred early the next morning? Matt.
28:2, 3.
16.
How did the angel's presence affect the Roman
guard? Verse 4.
17.
Who came to the tomb early that first-day morn-
ing? For what purpose? Verse 1; Mark 16:1, 2.
18.
What question perplexed them on their way?
Mark 16: 3. Note 3.
19.
What did they find when they reached the tomb?
Verse 4.
Notes
1.
The records of Joseph, given by the four evangelists, are in-
dependent, and though differing in language and particulars, are
not contradictory. He seems not to have been called to the meet-
ings of the Sanhedrin when Jesus was tried, though he was a
member. In a time of great need he comes forward, "boldly,"
we are told by one evangelist, but "secretly" by
-
another, so as
to stir up no violent clamor or trouble, which would have been
particularly unseemly at such a time. He furnishes his own new
tomb for the Master.
2.
Nicodemus at first came to Jesus by night; but it was a
night which brought light to his soul. He next dared raise his
'voice before the Sanhedrin demanding fair treatment of Jesus.
"both our law condemn any man before it hear him, and know
what he doeth?" he said. Now he comes forward in this time
of peril and utter need to identify himself with the Crucified One,
,who was lifted up.
3.
"Who shall roll us away the stone?" This was a natural,
human question. How many times we ask it in our blindness and
unbelief. We seek the realization of our hopes in the places of the.
dead, and dream them locked. But when we reach them our
doubts are solved, the stones are rolled away, our dead hopes are
transmuted by God's power into living blessings, our sleeping friend
into a living Saviour.
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LESSON X.— Visits to the Sepulcher
DECEMBER 3, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
JOhn 20:1-18; Matt. 28:5-15; Mark
16:5-11; Luke 24:3-12.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 82; "Spirit of
Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 14; Sabbath
School Worker.
PLACE: Jerusalem and environments.
PERSONS: Our Lord; the angels; the two Marys; Salome;
Peter; John; other disciples.
Questions
1.
What did the women find on arriving at the
sepulcher? What did Mary Magdalene do? What did
she say ? John 20 : 1, 2.
2.
What did the other women do ? Luke 24 : 3.
3.
As they were perplexed over the empty sepulcher,
who stood by them ? Verse 4 ; Mark 16 : 5.
4.
What words of assurance did the angel speak?
What gentle reproof was given? Matt. 28 : 5 ; Luke
24 : 5.
5.
What comforting message did the angel announce?
Matt. 28: 6 ; Luke 24 : 6-8.
6.
What were the women told to do ? Matt. 28:7;
Mark 16 : 7. Note 1.
7.
What response did they make ? Matt. 28 : 8 ;
Mark 16 : 8.
8.
As soon as Peter and John heard frOm Mary
the news of the resurrection, what did they do ? John
20 : 3.
9.
With what haste did they go to the sepulcher ?
Who arrived first? What did the other disciple (John)
see? Did he go in? Verses 4, 5.
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10.
What did Peter do as soon as he reached the
tomb ? What did he see ? Verses 6, 7. Note 2.
11.
Seeing Peter's boldness, what did John do?
Verses 8, 9. Note 3.
12.
After visiting the tomb, and assuring themselves
that Jesus was not there, to what place did they go ?
Verse 10.
13.
To whom did Jesus first appear after His resur-
rection ? Mark 16 : 9.
14.
Under what circumstances did Jesus appear to
Mary? What comforting words did He speak to her?
John 20: 11-18. Note 4.
15.. When Mary told the disciples that the Saviour
was risen, how were her words regarded? Mark
16 : 10, 11.
16.
As the other women went to tell the disciples,
who met them? What message did He give them for
the disciples ? Matt. 28 : 9, 10.
17.
When they told the disciples that they had seen
Jesus, how was their story received ? Luke 24 : 9-11.
18.
While the women were going to tell the disciples,
what word came to the chief priests? Matt. 28 : 11.
19.
What did the Sanhedrin deliberately decide to
do ? Verses 12-14.
20.
What evil report followed their action? Verse 15.
Notes
1. " He goeth before you." It is not in past traditions, how-
ever holy; it is not in past conceptions of truth, however much
they may have been blessed; it is not in dead creeds written by
men, however good; it is not in plans once successful, that our
success lies; it is in following the present living Christ in -
His work to-day, out into the great field where the need lies.
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''Tell His disciples
and Peter."
Poor, discouraged, repentant
Peter. He is not forgotten by his Lord. The last time he had
seen Him was after his threefold denial. Now when risen from
the dead Jesus remembers His sorrowing disciple, and fearing he
will in his despondency conclude the Master does not care for
him, He asks that Peter especially be told that He is risen from
the dead. We have the same loving, compassionate Saviour
to-day.
2.
Seeth the napkin "wrapped together in a place by itself."
God is a God of system and order — no disorder seen even in
the grave, no haste displayed in leaving the tomb. In that napkin
wrapped up and placed by itself is given the lie to the tale told
by the soldiers that while they slept the disciples stole away
His body. Had thieves disturbed the tomb they would not have
waited to place things in order.
3.
The individual characteristics of Peter and John are seen
in their visit to the tomb. Peter, rash and impetuous, went into
the tomb as soon as he reached it. John, more cautious and de-
liberate, first looked in, going in later.
4.
ft
er visiting the sepulcher the disciples went to their home.
Not so with Mary. She could not go home. She had lost her
Lord, and could not rest till she bad found Him. She remains by
the sepulcher to weep. It is always to such anxious souls that the
Lord appears. While weeping her Lord appears with words of
comfort. She was the first to greet Him when risen from the dead.
LESSON XI.— Jesus Seen at Jerusalem; Joins Two
Disciples on the Way to Emmaus; Appears
to the Apostles
DECEMBER 10, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES: Luke 24:13-43; John 20:19-25; Mark
16:12-14; 1 Cor. 15:3-5.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapters 83, 84; "Spirit
of Prophecy," volume 3, chapters 15, 16;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES : , Jerusalem; Emmaus.
PERSONS: Our Lord and His disciples.
Questions
1.
Where did two disciples go on the day of the
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resurrection? Of what did they talk? Luke 24 :13, 14.
Note 1.
2.
Who joined them on the way to Emmaus ? Why
did they not know Him? Verses 15, 16. Note 2.
3.
What question did He ask ? What reply did
Cleopas make? Verses 17, 18.
4.
To Jesus' further question what did they say?
Verses 19-24. Note 3.
5.
What reply did Jesus make? Verses 25, 26.
6.
How did He proceed to open their understanding?
Verse 27. Note 4.
7.
As they came near to Emmaus what did Jesus
do? What request did the two disciples make of Him?
Verses 28, 29. Note 5.
•
8. How was Jesus finally revealed to them ? What
did He then do ? What did they say ? Verses
30-32.
9.
Where did the two disciples immediately go?
Whom did they find? What was the topic of conver-
sation ? What did the two disciples tell the others ?
Verses 33-35.
10.
How was their story received? Mark 16: 12, 13.
11.
As they were talking concerning the matter, who
appeared to them? Verse 14.
12.
Under what conditions were they assembled ? With
what words of greeting did Jesus salute them ? Luke
24 : 36; John 20 : 19.
13.
How did His appearance affect them ? Luke
24 : 37.
14.
How did He reprove them for their unbelief ?
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How did He seek to convince them of the reality of
His presence ? Mark 16 : 14 ; Luke 24 : 38-40.
15. What further proof did He give ? Verses 41-43.
. 16. After these evidences of His presence among them,
how did the apostles feel ? John 20 : 20.
17.
What message of comfort did He again give them ?
What did He breathe upon them? What authority did
He give to them ? Verses 21-23.
18.
Which of the disciples was absent when Jesus met
with them ? Verse 24.
19.
What did Thomas say when the disciples told him
they had seen the Lord? Verse 25.
Notes
1.
The name "Emmaus" means "warm springs." It was a
little town about seven and one half miles from Jerusalem. Its
location is not now identified with certainty. It was doubtless in
the afternoon when the disciples left Jerusalem, for the day was
far spent when they reached Emmaus. These two disciples were
not of the twelve, but of "the rest." Luke 24:9.
2.
"But their eyes were holden," with disappointed hopes, and
sad and troubled at the perplexing tidings they bad received con-
cerning the empty tomb and the absent body. So in our perplex-
ity and trials the blessed Master is near to us, but our eyes are
often holden through unbelief, and we do not behold Him.
3.
They rehearsed the events of the last three days, the be-
trayal and trials of Jesus, their own disappointment, the visit
to the sepulcher, the half-believed story of His resurrection. Note
that of the three days in which all these things happened this
is "the third day," thus showing how elastic is the term over
which many are led into controversy. The three days so often
mentioned in connection with the Saviour's sufferings include
parts of two days and the whole of one.
4.
Jesus might have easily convinced them of His resurrec-
tion by showing them His wounded hands, or revealing His power
in some supernatural way. But He desired that their belief in
Him should rest, not on sight, or some miraculous revelation, but
on the Scriptures. In like manner He desires that we believe in
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Him, not because we see some miracles performed, but on the plain
statement of the Scriptures themselves.
5. Do we desire the Lord's presence sufficiently, to urge that
He abide with us? We often urge the coming or tarrying of a
friend. Would not Christ be oftener our companion in the com-
mon things of life if we but urged or "constrained" Him more?
LESSON XII.— Jesus Appears Again to the Apostles;
at the Sea of Tiberias
DECEMBER 17, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 28:16; John 20:26 to 21:24.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapter 85; "Spirit of
Prophecy," volume 3, chapter 17;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACES: Jerusalem; Galilee.
PERSONS: Our Lord and His disciples:
Questions
1.
How long after the meeting with the disciples in
the upper room, did Jesus again meet with the eleven?
Which of the disciples is especially mentioned as being
present ? What was our Lord's" greeting to them?
John 20:26.
2.
What did He say to Thomas? What was his
reply? What gentle reproof and lesson on the blessed-
ness of believing did our Lord give? Verses 27-29.
3.
Are all the miracles of Christ's life recorded?
For what purpose are those written which are recorded?
Verses 30, 31.
4.
Where did the disciples now go? Matt. 28: 16.
Note 1.
5.
Where did Jesus first meet them? John 21: 1.
As some of the disciples returned to Galilee, what
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strong desire took possession of them? What is said
concerning the result of their work? Verses 2, 3.
7.
Who appeared to them in the morning? What
question did Jesus ask? What instruction did He give?
With what result? Verses 4-6.
8.
What did their success reveal? What did they
immediately do? Verses 7, 8.
9.
Relate what they found on reaching the shore.
What followed? What command and invitation did
Jesus give them? Verses 9-13.
10.
How many times had Jesus appeared to them
since the resurrection? Verse 14.
11.
When they had eaten, what question did Jesus
ask Peter? What was his reply? What did Jesus tell
him to do
1
1 Verse 15.
12.
What question did Jesus ask him the second time ?
The third? What was Peter's reply each time? Verses
16, 17.
13.
How did Jesus indicate the death that Peter
should die? Verses 18, 19. Note 2.
14.
What question did Peter ask concerning John?
What reply did Jesus make? Verses 20-22. Note 3.
15.
What wrong understanding was obtained from
Jesus' reply? Verse 23.
16.
What is said of John's Gospel and the testimony
which he bore ? Verse 24.
Notes
1.
The record alludes to a time when this appointment was
made to meet the disciples in Galilee. It was doubtless on one
of the occasions when Jesup met with the disciples. Jesup desired
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to meet with them again in the field of their early labors where
some of His mighty miracles were wrought.
2.
"The prophecy is a picture of Peter's strong, assertive
action, going impulsively where he chose, just as a few minutes
before he had girded himself and plunged through the shoal water
to Jesus' feet. But in his old age he would stretch forth his hands
in unwonted helplessness, perhaps to allow them to be fastened
to the transverse beams of a cross; and the executioner would
gird him, fastening him to the cross with cords; and he should be
carried to death against his natural will, though glad thus to
suffer for his
Lord."—Peloubet's Notes on John 21.
3.
"It was probably in impatience, as if John were intruding
without warrant, that he asked, Lord, and what shall this man do?
Perhaps, however, the question arose only from a natural curiosity
to know his friend's fate, now that he knew his own. Christ
rebuked Peter by the sharp question, If I will that he tarry till
I come, what is that to thee? The rebuke was twofold. It im-
plied Peter would better concern himself with asking what
he
should do than with thought about another's conduct a lesson
we all need to learn."—
Id.
LESSON
Last Appearances of Jesus to His
Disciples; Ascension
DECEMBER 24, 1910
LESSON SCRIPTURES:
Matt. 28:16-20; 1 Cor. 15:6, 7; Mark
16:15-20; Luke 24:44-53; John 21:25.
LESSON HELPS: "Desire of Ages," chapters 86, 87; "Spirit
of Prophecy," volume 3, chapters 18, 19;
Sabbath School Worker.
PLACE
:
Galilee.
PERSONS: Our Lord and His disciples.
Questions
1.
Where did the disciples at last nieet as Jesus had
appointed ? Matt. 28 : 16.
2.
Who else probably met with Him at this time?
1 Cor. 15 : 6.
3.
What diversity 'of opinion seems to have still
existed among them ? Matt. 28 : 17. Note 1.
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4.
What words of assurance did He speak to them?
Verse 18. Note 2.
5.
What commission did He give them? What is
to be the result of Preaching the gospel? Mark 16: 15,
16; 2 Cor. 2: 15, 16.
6.
What signs are to follow the believers ? Mark
16: 17, 18.
7.
What were they to carry to all nations? Into -
whose name were they to baptize the believers? Matt.
28 : 19.
8.
What were they to teach? What assurance of
His continual presence does Jesus give? Verse 20.
9.
How did He again refresh their minds concerning
what He
-
had said? For what purpose did He open
their understanding? Luke 24: 44, 45. Note 3.
10.
What proof did He cite concerning His resur-
rection? What was to be preached to all nations?
Verses 46, 47.
11.
What were the disciples to be? Verse 48.
12.
What did He promise to send them? How long
were they charged to remain at Jerusalem? Verse 49.
13.
When He had spoken these things, to what place
did He lead them? Verse 50. Note 4.
14.
While blessing them, what occurred? Verse 51.
15.
What did the disciples do ? Verse 52.
16.
What was manifest in their lives ? Verse 53.
17.
What was the result of their labor ? Mark 16:
,19, 20. Note 5.
18.
What final word may we take from John con-
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cerning the works and teaching of Jesus ? John 20 :
30, 31; 21 : 25.
Notes
1.
It is not likely that any among the eleven doubted. The
doubters must have been among the others who gathered at that
time, perhaps among the five hundred brethren mentioned by
Paul.
2.
Better "all authority" as in the A.R.V. The word is not
dunamis,
power, but authority
( exausia),
including ability, place,
rulership, right to exercise power. The word
dunamis
is used in
Acts 1:8. " 'All power is given unto Me.' Did you ever think
how much power there is on earth, There is the power of the
wind. Do you know of anybody who can control that'? There is
the power of the waves. Do you know of anybOdy who can master
them'? There are the powers of nature; the heaving of the tides;
the swelling of the seeds in the earth; the mighty upspringing that
clothes the fields with grass. There is the power of the clouds.
There is the power of heat in which the strongest iron that ever
was forged will melt. There is the power which pours down
floods from on high. . . . Think of the millions of glowing orbs
that flame through the skies. Think of this world rolling in its
mighty orbit. Think of the sun, sweeping on in its eternal path-
way. Think of the power that moves these things. Some people
do not understand how the sun could be made to stand still. Well,
if you will tell me what keeps it going, I will tell you how it was
made to stand still. All power in the universe. . . . All power
over men; all power over devils; all power over everything.
'All power.' You have no power over the winds, but He could
speak to the winds and they obeyed Him. You have no power
over the waves, but He could say, 'Peace, be still,' and there
was a great calm. You have no power over 'all manner of
diseases,' but when He spoke to the sick, He healed them. You
have no power over evil spirits, but He cast out devils with His
word. You have no power over the dead, but He called them
from the silence of the tomb and bade them live."—H.
L.
Hastings.
3.
The instruction imparted in Luke 24:44, 45 at first glance
appears to be given in the upper
r
room the day of the resurrection
when the disciples returned from Emmaus. But James P. Cadman,
in "Christ in the Gospel," in giving the chronological order of
the events and words 'of Christ, gives it as His parting instruction;
and a careful reading of the chapter to the end indicates that he
is perhaps correct. As we have followed largely the arrangement
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of Mr. Cadman in these lessons on the life of Christ, we follow
it here also, without offering any argument as to the exact order
of events. A careful study of the instruction given is the vital
thing. '
4.
Not
to
Bethany, but
as far as
to Bethany, to the brow of
Olivet, that wonderful mountain so full of rich remembrances,
and to which He will come at the close of the thousand yeah.
Zech. 14:4, 5.
5.
0 for the same spirit now of self-renunciation, and giving
all for the Master, as was manifested in the lives of the apostles;
for the same love for the mission entrusted to us; for the same
faith; for the same devotion to the personal Christ and His soon
coming again; for the same reception of the Holy Spirit in its
fulness of power to cleanse from sin, to fit for labor, to witness
for the Master. How soon would His message for this time go
"everywhere" confirmed by the power of God. Let us believe
His Word, and believing,
receive His life.
LESSON XIV.— Tithes and Offerings
DECEMBER 31, 1910
OWNERSHIP
Questions
1.
To whom does the earth belong ? Ps. 24: 1;
Ex. 9 : 29.
2.
To whom do the cattle and beasts belong? Ps.
50 : 7-12.
3.
To whom do the silver and gold belong? Hag.
2 : 8 ; 1 Chron. 29 :11-14.
4.
To whom did God give the dominion of the earth ?
Gen. 1 : 28.
5.
Under .God, then, who holds title to the earth?
Ps. 115: 16.
6.
What did man do with this dominion given him
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by the Creator ? Compare Heb. 2 : 6-8 ; Gen. 3 : 4-6 ;
Rom. 6 : 16.
7.
Man having yielded his dominion to another, who
won it back for him ? Luke 19 : 10 ; Micah 4 : 8 ; John
14 : 30.
8.
In placing man in possession of the earth, what
one reservation did the Creator make ? Gen. 2 : 8, 9,
15-17.
9.
In forbidding Adam and Eve to eat of this one
tree, of what among other things would this ever re-.
mind them ? Note 1.
MAN'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD 'S OWNERSHIP
10.
What portion of the fruits of the earth has God
reserved to Himself ? Lev. 27 : 30, 32.
11.
What consequences attached to disregarding the
requirements of God concerning the reserved tree in
Eden ? Gen. 3 : 17-19. Note 2.
12.
What results from the failure of stewards to ren-
der to the Lord that portion of the fruit belonging to
Him ? Mal. 3 : 8, 9. Note 3.
13.
On the other hand, what follows faithfulness in
tendering to the Lord His own in tithes and offerings?
Mal. 3 : 10.
Notes
1. The tree of knowledge of good and evil placed in the midst
of the Garden of Eden tested man's loyalty, as well as constantly
reminding him that his home was his only as a
gift
from nix
Maker. That one tree would stand as a silent witness to man that
the supreme ownership or title of the world was held by his-God,
yet so long as he proved loyal to the government of heaven, the
home was his.
"At the very beginning of man's existence a check was placed
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upon the desire for self-indulgence, the fatal passion that lay at
the foundation of Satan's fall. The tree of knowledge, which
stood near the tree of life in the midst of the garden, was to be
a test of the obedience, faith, and love of our first parents."
"While they remained true to God, Adam and his companion were
to bear rule over the earth. Unlimited control was given them
over every living thing."—"Patriarchs
and Prophets," pages
48-50.
2.
All about us we see the results of our first parents' sin in
disregarding God's ownership and command concerning the tree
of knowledge of good and evil placed in the midst of the Garden
of Eden. The terrible crimes committed and the universal reign of
disease and death constantly remind us of the truthfulness of
God's words to Adam as to what should result from his diso-
bedience.
3.
''Every Christian is a steward of God, entrusted with His
goods. Remember the words, 'Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.' 1 Cor. 4:2. Let us be sure that we
are not robbing God in any jots and tittles; for much is involved
in this question. All things belong to God. Man may ignore His
claims. While He bountifully bestows His blessings upon them,
they may use His gifts for their own selfish gratification, but they
will be called to give an account of their stewardship."—"Testi-
monies," volume 9, page 246.
"My
brethren, the money that you use to buy and sell and get
gain will be a curse to you if you withhold from the Lord that
which is His. The means entrusted to you for the advancement
of the Lord's work should be used in sending the gospel to all
parts of the world."—
Id., page 53.
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